Brassiere with garment sides including crossed tapes



M. ZUCKER Sept. 2, 1969 BRASSIERE WITH GARMENT SIDES INCLUDING CROSSEDTAPES Filed June 5, 1967 INVENTOR MuR/m r Zl/C/(ER ATTOHNfY UnitedStates 3,464,417 BRASSIERE WITH GARMENT SIDES INCLUDING CROSSED TAPESMurray Zucker, Far Rockaway, N.Y., assignor, by mesne assignments, toKops Bros, Inc., New York, N.Y., a

corporation of New York Filed June 5, 1967, Ser. No. 643,580 Int. Cl.A41c 3/00; A611 /37 US. Cl. 128-429 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) The invention deals with a brassierehaving side garment portions as defined for improvement of the fit ofthe brassiere upon the body of the wearer.

(2) To applicants knowledge, brassieres having side garment portions asdefined are new and he knows of no prior art dealing with a brassierestructure of this type.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Brassieres made in accordance with thestructure defined provide, by virtue of the crossed straps, threesubstantially triangular sections at each garment side and, with someforms of constructions, one of these sections at each side will be oftwo-ply thickness. The sides may be formed of all-extensible material orall non-extensible material and, in some instance, combinations ofextensible and non-extensible material can be employed.

The novel features of the invention will be best understood from thefollowing description, when taken together with the accompanyingdrawing, in which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosedand, in which, the separate parts are designated by suitable referencecharacters in each of the views and, in which:

FIG. 1 is an outer side view of one end portion of a brassiere madeaccording to my invention, with the cup broken away and showing part ofthe shoulder strap and omitting the showing of stitchings to simplifythe illustration.

FIG. 2 is an inner view of the opposed side of the brassiere andotherwise generally similar to the structure of FIG. 1 and indicating,in part, some of the stitchings.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged diagrammatic section on the line 33 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged diagrammatic section on the line 44 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged diagrammatic section on the line 55 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 6 is a plan view of what be termed a pattern piece and indicatingin dot-dash lines the fold of this piece in forming the end result, asseen in FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawing.

In illustrating one adaptation and use of the invention, each side of abrassiere will be fashioned to form front and rear substantiallytriangular sections A and B joined in another substantially triangularsection, comprising outer and inner layers or plys C, C. These sectionsare joined by crossed tapes D and E, the tape D overlying the tape E inviewing the brassiere from the inner side, as in FIG. 2 of the drawing.

atent O The present illustration deals with the side portions only ofthe brassiere, as the rest of the general structure of brassieres iswell-known in the art. 10 shows a body encircling band and 11 a tapesecuring the lower portions of the sections A, B and C to the upperportion of the band. At 12 is shown part of the front cups. At 13 and 14are shown inner and outer tapes or straps securing the forward edgeportion of the sections A to the rear side portions of the cup andbetween 13 and 14 is preferably employed a stay 15, .as indicated indotted lines in FIG. 1 of the drawing. This showing has been omitted inFIG. 2.

At 16 is shown a finishing strap or tape secured to the rear edgeportion of the section B. Note in FIG. 1 of the drawing that the freeend of the band 10 includes on its inner surface a pair of eyes, asindicated in dotted lines at 17. The other end of the brassiere has twopairs of hooks 18 on the outer surface of a tab 19 secured to the otherend of the band 10. This provides adjustable support of the band 10 uponthe body of the wearer.

Shoulder straps are usually employed and are attached to the upperportions of the cups 12 and the upper ends of the sections B. Parts ofthese straps are shown at 20 in FIGS. 1 and 2.

All edges of the sections A, B, C and C are hemmed in the stitching ofthe tapes D and E thereto, as well as the tapes or straps 13 and 16 andthe lower tape 11, as is customary. When the various sections and 10, 11and 16 are stretchable or of elastic material, extensible stitchings areemployed, as diagrammatically indicated, in part, at 21 in FIG. 2.

In the present showing, sections A, B, C, C are fashioned from what canbe termed a single pattern piece 22, shown in full lines in FIG. 6. Thispiece 22 has two substantially parallel long edges 23 and 24, from whichextend short and substantially alined edges 23, 24. Joining edges 23'and 24 is a fold in the piece 22, as indicated by the dot-dash line 25and actually at 25 in FIGS. 3 and 5 of the drawing. The piece 22, in itsfolded state, is indicated by the dot-dash showing of section B in FIG.6. In this folded state, sections C, C overlap in providing a doublewall thickness.

Section A has an edge 26 substantially at right angles to the edge 24-.Edges 24, 23 of section B are joined in an irregular and curved edge 27.

Edges 23, 24 are stitched to tapes D and E, respectively, and C, C wherethey overlap B and A. Iit will be apparent that edges 23', 24 and thefold 25 are stitched to 10 and 11. The showing of the pattern piece 22in FIG. 6 is before the hems are formed in all of the edges.

In some forms of construction, the crossed tapes D and E can be stitchedto single pieces of extensible or nonextensible materials, generally ofthe outline as appearing in the dot-dash showing of FIG. 6 of thedrawing, in which case the resulting triangular section C would be ofsingle ply, rather than two-ply, as in the structure shown. In othercases, the sections A and B can be formed of separate pieces, thuseliminating the fold, as at 25. In fact, any other manner of assemblingpieces with crossed tapes, as shown, can be employed. It is also to bekept in mind that, in some uses, the tapes D and E can be secured toedges, such as 23 and 24, prior to attachment to the band 10 and tape11, so that each of the sections A, C and B, C would be independentlymovable, particularly when A and B, as well as C, C are formed ofextensible material and the tapes D and E of similar material.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A brassiere having side garment parts, each of said parts havingstitched crossed tapes defining on each part three sections, namely afront section to which a cup is attached, a back section and anintermediate section, means for adjustably coupling the back sections insupport of the brassiere on the body of a wearer, and means stitched tothe lower edges of all of said sections in finishing said edges, saidpiece of material forming the three sections of each side garment parthaving two substantially parallel edges, from one of which extends shortedges in spaced common alignment, the piece of material between saidshort edges being foldable to overlap central portions 1 2/1951 Garson128-429 12/1958 Faron 128-429 0 ADELE M. EAGER, Primary Examiner US. Cl.X.R.

